A state Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal filed by a Fairgrove man convicted of impersonating an FBI agent, torturing two men and robbing a Lapeer County family at gunpoint.

Dwayne A. Rocca was one of two people who, on Nov. 27, 2006, barged into the Lapeer Township home, taking advantage of an open door when one of the homeowners let his dogs outside.

Five people, including a 2-year-old boy, were in the home when Rocca, now 42, and David D. Taylor, now 38, of Cass City, ran in, Bay City Times records show.

Once inside, the pair duct-taped three people and held them captive for about 90 minutes while they used a stun gun to torture the men, forcing them to disclose the location of cash and valuables, Times records show.

The intruders made off with money, jewelry, electronics and clothing, records show. They also shot two dogs, killing one.

Rocca now is imprisoned at the Saginaw Correctional Facility, where he is serving a variety of sentences for 14 felonies. A Lapeer County jury convicted him of 12 of those.

The most serious offenses — safe breaking, two counts of torture and three counts of armed robbery — each resulted in sentences of 22 years, six months to 75 years.

Rocca’s appeal stemmed from two lesser charges out of Tuscola County where a judge sentenced him in 2008 to 58 months to 30 years for felon in possession of a firearm and a consecutive two years for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

A jury convicted him on both counts based on his possession of a handgun but acquitted him of two identical charges stemming from possession of a rifle.

Police seized a .38 revolver and a rifle when they raided his Fairgrove trailer Nov. 29, 2006.

Court records show Rocca told officers there were guns in the trailer. He described the guns and told the investigators where to find them.

Rocca also said he knew he was not allowed to have them.

In his appeal, Rocca claims that since he was not armed there was insufficient evidence to convict him on the possession charges.